Senior Carrier Procurement Specialist

Uber Freight•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Strategic Carrier Procurement Representative, your core focus is driving cost savings and protecting margins by optimizing our Buy-to-Market (BtM) spread through strategic negotiation and contract management. It will be achieved by cultivating strong, trust-based carrier partnerships that secure reliable, high-quality capacity. By serving as the bridge between our transportation partners, sales teams, and product groups, championing a "carrier-first" philosophy, you ensure we remain our carriers' partner of choice while enabling our sales team to win new business and improve service.

Requirements

Ideally 3-5+ years of experience within the carrier management, carrier procurement, carrier sales, or a related position.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
A deep understanding of full truckload pricing, lane dynamics, and US freight market trends across multiple modes of freight.
Proficiency with data management systems and ability to present.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Transportation Management Systems (TMS), freight market intelligence tools (like DAT, Truckstop, or Sonar), and Google Sheets.
Experience collaborating with product, tech, or UX teams to improve software, platforms, or mobile apps is a huge plus
Comfort collaborating with customer-facing sales teams, joining strategic shipper calls, and using capacity as a selling tool to secure new volume.
Strong, confident communication skills with a proven track record of beating market averages, lowering Buy-to-Market (BtM) margins, and securing favorable contract rates within a 3PL, 4PL or a similar environment

Responsibilities

Drive Cost Savings (Lower BtM): Protect and expand margins by consistently lowering Buy-to-Market (BtM) costs, utilizing expert negotiation strategies and securing competitive long-term contract rates with carriers.
Drive Growth via Carrier-First Capacity: Build and maintain deep, high-quality carrier relationships so our sales team can confidently pitch guaranteed, dedicated capacity to prospective shippers.
Support Sales & Volume Acquisition: Partner with customer sales teams during the bidding and RFP process. Provide real-time capacity guarantees, lane pricing, and commitments that help win new customer accounts and increase freight volume.
Build & Contract the Network: Source, vet, and onboard high-quality carriers across dry van, reefer, flatbed, and specialized modes, locking them into stable, cost-effective contract agreements.
Be the Voice of the Carrier: Gather feedback from our carrier partners regarding their experience using our digital tools, portals, or tracking apps, and share these insights with our Product and Engineering teams.
Collaborate on Product Design: Work closely with product managers to test, refine, and launch new carrier-facing features, ensuring our technology solves real-world driver and dispatcher problems.